# Emma Wiklund

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**Emma Wiklund** (née **Sjöberg**; 13 September 1968) is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) fashion model and actress. She appeared on several covers of *[Elle](/source/Elle_(magazine))* magazine and in the 1992 [George Michael](/source/George_Michael) music video for "[Too Funky](/source/Too_Funky)". Her acting roles include playing police officer Petra in four of the *[Taxi](/source/Taxi_(film_series))* films (1998–2007). Considered to be one of the top models or supermodels of her time in 1990s she worked with top models on the runways from Paris to Milan alongside fellow models like Tyra Banks and Cindy Crawford.

## Career

Born 13 September 1968 in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), Sweden, she is a 177 cm tall,[1] blue-eyed blonde who has walked the runway for Versace, Dior, [Thierry Mugler](/source/Thierry_Mugler), [Christian Lacroix](/source/Christian_Lacroix) and [Lanvin](/source/Lanvin_(clothing)). She was signed to [Elite Model Management](/source/Elite_Model_Management) and can be seen in [George Michael](/source/George_Michael)'s music video for "[Too Funky](/source/Too_Funky)" alongside other models such as [Linda Evangelista](/source/Linda_Evangelista).

She dated [Ulf Ekberg](/source/Ulf_Ekberg), songwriter for and co-founder of Ace of Base, from 1994 to 2000. She began her acting career in 1995, and role include playing police officer Petra with the four *[Taxi](/source/Taxi_(film_series))* movies (1998–2007), she became a popular actress in France. In her native Sweden, she is known as a TV-hostess and a regular in the fashion world.

On 12 February 2003, she married [Hans Wiklund](/source/Hans_Wiklund) and they have two children, daughter Tyra and son Elis. She sat on the board for Swedish fashion retailer [Lindex](/source/Lindex) in 2007. She also appears in their advertisements. Wiklund speaks [German](/source/German_language) fluently.[2]

## Filmography

- 1992 - *[Inferno](/source/Inferno_(1992_film))* (TV movie)
- 1995 - *[Inferno](/source/Inferno_(1995_film))*
- 1998 - *[Taxi](/source/Taxi_(1998_film))*, Petra
- 1999 - *[Simon Sez](/source/Simon_Sez)*, The Dancer
- 2000 - *[Taxi 2](/source/Taxi_2)*, Petra
- 2000 - *[Petite copine](/source/Petite_copine)* (short)
- 2003 - *[Taxi 3](/source/Taxi_3)*, Petra
- 2004 - *[Big Kiss](/source/Big_Kiss)*, Sonja
- 2007 - *[Taxi 4](/source/Taxi_4)*, Petra

## References

1. ["Emma Wiklund"](https://www.model-management.de/book/ce//emma-wiklund-sjoeberg-316). *Model Management*. Retrieved 27 March 2018.

1. ["- YouTube"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=finGxkvuMI0). *[YouTube](/source/YouTube)*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304133237/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=finGxkvuMI0) 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

## External links

- [Emma Sjöberg](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0803558/) at IMDb
- [Emma Sjöberg's profile in the FMD-database](https://web.archive.org/web/20081123022449/http://www.fmd1.com/models/Emma_Sjoberg)

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